Fouling characteristics of reverse osmosis membranes at different positions of a full-scale plant for municipal wastewater reclamation

Water Research

Volumn 90, Issue , 2016, Pages 329-336

  Tang, Fang ^a   Hu, Hong Ying ^a   Sun, Li Juan ^a   Sun, Ying Xue ^b   Shi, Na ^b   Crittenden, John C ^c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Inorganic scaling; Membrane fouling; Resin fraction; Reverse osmosis (RO); Wastewater reclamation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CALCIUM; EFFLUENTS; FOULING; FRACTIONATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MAGNESIUM; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; RECLAMATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; FOULING CHARACTERISTICS; HYDROPHOBIC NEUTRAL; INORGANIC SCALING; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS TECHNOLOGIES; SECONDARY EFFLUENT;

OSMOSIS MEMBRANES;

CALCIUM; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; FERRIC ION; INORGANIC COMPOUND; MAGNESIUM; RESIN; WATER; ACID; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CARBON; IRON; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOFOULING; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; EFFLUENT; FRACTIONATION; LEAD; MEMBRANE; RESIN; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; FLUORESCENCE; IONIC STRENGTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE OSMOSIS; WASTE WATER; WATER SAMPLING; ANALYSIS; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CHEMISTRY; CITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTRATION; OSMOSIS; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACIDS; CALCIUM; CARBON; CITIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILTRATION; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; OSMOSIS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84952837020     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.12.028     Document Type: Article

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